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Published 15:49 27 Jun 2018 BST
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“As Kildare came out first in the draw, they are entitled to take on Mayo in Newbridge on Saturday evening at 7 o’clock," Ruby Stated matter of factly.
A real Lilywhite, Ruby was thinking about what this would be worth to his own county and he spoke as any Kildare man would.
Using a true Irish colloquialism, Walsh claimed it would be worth a 'beano' to the local economy.
"It’s an hour and three quarters after the Irish Derby is run at The Curragh and It would mean an absolute beano for the local economy in Kildare.
He's proud of how his county board, his team and Cian O'Neill stood their ground and said come what may."The GAA are only thinking about themselves by moving it all to Croke Park. Dublin benefit enough from the GAA and it gets a great spin-off from the games in Croke Park – provincial towns are entitled to their go too.”
That sort of codswallop wouldn't go down in horse racing.“Fair play to Kildare for sticking to their guns and sticking up for their county. It’s a great opportunity for people to go to both the Irish Derby and the match. I think they are dead right and I’d be surprised if they don’t have the backing of everyone in Kildare.”
“In racing, they don’t decide to move a meeting to another course just because a race is looking to be better than they expected at the entries stage. Rules are rules.”
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